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Motherland: Fort Salem (B+,B+,D)

Motherland: Fort Salem (B+,B+,D)

The first two seasons of Motherland: Fort Salem are taut, gritty, and compelling. The show has high stakes, a serious tone, and welcome emotional depth as we follow the lives of the three main-character cadets and watch as their initial hang-ups and interpersonal conflicts give way to the esprit de

The Flight Attendant (Season 1): A

The Flight Attendant (Season 1): A

Cassie (Kaley Cuoco, Big Bang Theory) spends a wild night in Thailand with a guy she just met, gets blackout drunk, and then wakes up in the morning beside his body - he's been murdered. Fearing wrongful incarceration in a foreign country, she makes the terrible choice of fleeing the

My Name: A

This blandly-named Korean show is a hidden gem on Netflix. A young woman fixated on revenge first joins the mafia underground and then the police force as a mole and double agent. My Name is a fresh, gritty, and compelling mix of action and drama. The woman, Jiwoo, must walk

Smart & Gritty Time Travel: 12 Monkeys (TV Show - A)

Original Review: February 16, 2015 Syfy's "12 Monkeys" TV show - a new adaptation and/or continuation of the 1998 Terry Gilliam movie - is really good! I just finished catching up on all 5 episodes that are out so far and definitely recommend it to sci-fi fans. While it's

You Are Killing Me Here: The Killing

A while back "The Killing" caught my eye on Netflix. It's a moody four-season crime drama that begins with the mysterious murder of a teenage girl named Rosie and follows two detectives as they attempt to track down Rosie's killer and solve the case. Interestingly enough (to me) the story

Knights of Sidonia: A

Netflix has been killing it with its programming lately. I'm currently in the middle of watching the Netflix Original anime "Knights of Sidonia" and am loving it! Based on a manga (comic book) series that started in 2009, KoS tells the sci-fi story of "Sidonia", a refugee "seed ship" that

Elementary: B+

I'm a long-time Sherlock Holmes fan. As a kid I read most of the original stories and greatly enjoyed the literal television adaptations starting Jeremy Brett, which were made by British-Canadian company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994. *Jeremy Brett and David Burke*I was pleasantly amazed by BBC's reimagined

Helix (Episodes 1-3): C+

First impression of Syfy's Helix: disappointing. The main characters are generally interesting. Especially "Doreen", who is essentially a live action translation of "Pam" from Archer. Least interesting: the main dude "Alan". So far he's serious and responsible but also predictable and flat. On the other hand the minor and incidental